United States Forest Service

[Aaronw]

Yes for the most part they are all pump and roll, with either a PTO pump or an aux pump (seperate motor).



The Model 61 and early Model 62's have a crew compartment in the front of the body (where the window and door is).



There really isn't a hosebed on these engines, what is refered to as a hose bed is really just a large storage area on top of the engine. This storage is usually used for hosepacks, rolled hose, saws, portible pumps, tents, red bags (personal crew bags, 2 weeks of clothing, sleeping bag, toiletries etc), but flat loaded hose as on structure engines is rare. There is a huge variation of how these are arranged and exactly what is stored up there.



Not really sure what you are asking on the last.

Each region has one or more engine designs they utilize, this is determined by each region. The type of engine assigned to a station is largely determined by the past, if a station had a light engine, the replacement will be a light engine unless the forest comes up with the money to upgrade to a larger engine. Sometimes a forest can petition the region for the money if they can articulate the need well.